Gatekeepers to the middle class
Mike Smithson, Oxford's (and formerly Cambridge's) development director, says "in Cambridge it just takes ten signatures on a ballot to bring an issue before the Regent House. I found that...
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Hetero overexposure
So staggered was I by the total lack of critical comment in Raj Persaud's article, "The reason why Sir goes extracurricula?" (Research, THES October 6) that I decided to use it in...
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Anthropology's allies
In response to Edward Allison's challenge to explain "how anthropology champions the victims of western arrogance" (Readers' Reactions, THES, October 13), I point him to the growing...
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Common plight
It is a pity your reporter spoke only to the dean of the school of advanced study at London University, of which the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is a part ("Commonwealth institute...
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Journal defended
The Political Studies Association decided the editorship of its new journal after consultation and competitive tendering (including a bid from the London School of Economics), not by holding a &...
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Journal defended
In a hostile review of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations , Alex Danchev chooses to use as part of his case an obituary of Jim Bulpitt. This is an inappropriate reference to...
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Welcome coverage
I applaud your recent coverage of South America, in particular Chile ("Protests lead to merger", THES, September 22). This fascinating continent tends to be little understood by...
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No profit in conflict
Vice-chancellors must steer clear of personal commercial involvement, argues Gillian Evans When you become vice-chancellor of a high-profile university that has announced that it wants to build links...
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Quality without playing games
How can we best monitor standards? Roger Brown outlines his ideal evaluation regime It is too early to say whether the Quality Assurance Agency's new quality framework will deliver, but, as a report...
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Why I...believe Gao Xingjian does not deserve the Nobel prize
Bill Jenner Professor of Chinese studies Leeds University There was obviously a feeling among the judges of the Nobel prize for literature that it was time to recognise a writer from China, the only...
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Commonwealth studies must fight its corner
The Commonwealth is not 'the tail-end of empire' and its study offers significant political insights, argues John Morgan. The University of London's Institute of Commonwealth Studies is the only...
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Higher education appointments
University of Salford Michael Garrity , former head of the school of nursing and an associated dean, has been appointed dean of the faculty of health care and social work studies. Royal College of...
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Bangor opens regional business school
A school of business and regional studies combining banking, economics and business disciplines with tourism, leisure and heritage management has been opened at Bangor University by Wales's first...